Syria chemical weapons: a new and terrifying phase

Reports that chemical weapons have been used in Syrian are being verified. If
true, the use of such a grotesque weapon would catapult the civil war into a
new and terrifying phase, writes Damien McElroy.

A girl, injured in what the government claimed was a chemical weapons attack, is treated at a hospital in the Syrian city of Aleppo on March 19, 2013.Photo: REUTERS/George Ourfalian